Rachel Held Evans was a New York Times best-selling author whose books include Faith Unraveled (2010), A Year of Biblical Womanhood (2012), and Searching for Sunday (2015). Hailing from Dayton, Tennessee—home of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925—she wrote about faith, doubt and life in the Bible Belt.
Rachel was featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Christianity Today, Slate, The Huffington Post, The CNN Belief Blog, and on NPR, The BBC, The Today Show, and The View. She kept a busy schedule speaking at churches, conferences, and colleges and universities around the country.
I have appreciated the author’s trek into what it means to be a lover of God and the church. She has followed her trail with wit and warmth. I wish I could think out loud about the arc of my journey with such cogency! Imagine finding a great old travel trunk in the attic of your great grandparent’s Victorian house. Then imagine having the pleasure of exploring its contents, expecting magic, with your best friend. This has been my experience over the years reading Rachel’s stories. At the same time, even though I may not always agree with her, I have never felt that she insulted my intelligence.